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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Heart Failure In CHF ... CHF also causes ... output on a short-term ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
non-perfused vessels and causes ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
always visible as a meniscus ... In these cases, ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... as peripheral short ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB ... Intersitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... bronchial obstruction caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... physicalexam #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
demonstrated in the video ... small blue-colored spot ... the underlying cause ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
is identified (video ... confirm high-output HF ... Workup for cause ... EtOH causes thiamine ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
bilateral in 70% of cases ... of CHF. ... PA image as a meniscus ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf